Turandot

Turandot (1260-1306), also known as "Moonlight" and "the All-White Princess", was the daughter of Kaidu and Nazama, the khan and khanbikeh of the Chagatai Khanate of the Mongol Empire. Her name means "daughter of Turan", which was a region of Central Asia.

Biography
Turandot, also called Khutulun, Aigiarne, Aiyurug, Khotol Tsagaan, or Ay Yaruq, was the daughter of Kaidu and Nazama, and she was a niece of Kublai Khan. By 1280, her father had become the most powerful ruler in Central Asia, reigning from Mongolia to Persia and from Siberia to India. Her father loved her, as she was also a fierce warrior. She accompanied her father in several battles, and Marco Polo described her skills at snatching captives in battle as similar to a hawk snatching a chicken. She fought in her father's battles against her uncle Kublai Khan, and whenever there were suitors, she would say she would marry them if they could beat her in wrestling, while those who lost would forfeit their horses - she defeated 10,000 men and gained all of their horses.

When Kaidu's enemies claimed that Kaidu and Turandot had an incestuous relationship, Turandot decided to marry one of her father's followers without having him wrestle her. She also fell in love with Ghazan, the seventh khan of the Ilkhanate. Kaidu tried to name Turandot, his favorite child, as his successor before he died, but because she had male relatives, she was stepped over. She died in 1306, five years after her father's death.